FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject U.S. Census

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This project centers around rewriting the U.S. census page and all the state census pages, such as Pennsylvania Census. The project is being run by Diltsgd. Ritcheymt is also assisting with scoping the project, defining sub-tasks, and recruiting volunteers.

Task Tracker

Requirement (AKA story)	Task	Task in progress Diltsgd	Task in progress Hardestypn	Task in progress Hendricksonp	Task in progress Kirkbe	Task in progress Pipkin	Task in progress Ritcheymt	Hrs. est.	Hrs. left	Task  complete	Story  complete
Plug template into state		AL

Requirement Backlog

Category	Requirement (AKA story)	Priority by Diltsgd	Priority by Hardestypn	Priority by Hendricksonp	Priority by Kirkbe	Priority by Pipkin	Priority by Ritcheymt	Priority Score (Total)
Types of Census	Federal Census (pop. Schedule)	40	31	41	5	40	41	230
Types of Census	State, Territory, and Colonial Census	34	30	40	4	39	40	221
Types of Census	Census Substitutes	36	29	39	12	31	24	188
Types of Census	Veteran Schedule 1890	35	25	20	13	29	19	156
Types of Census	Mortality Schedules	33	24	19	21	28	18	142
Types of Census	Native American Population schedules (1910)	31	17	18	17	17	17	124
Types of Census	Slave Schedules	30	18	17	22	23	16	123
Types of Census	Veteran Schedules (Including 1840)	32	19	16	19	18	15	122
Types of Census	Agricultural Schedules	29	16	13	20	27	14	120
Types of Census	Industrial Schedules	28	15	12	29	9	13	89
Types of Census	Defective Schedules (1880)	27	14	11	14	17	12	108
Types of Census	LDS Church Census	N/A	4	14	32	10	7	44
Types of Census	Native American Tribal Rolls (or Reservation)	26	3	15	10	5	6	86
Types of Census	School Census	13	2	1	25	8	5	45
Location/Availability	Ancestry	38	37	30	16	35	39	204
Location/Availability	Heritage Quest	37	36	29	6	34	38	209
Location/Availability	Record Search (FamilySearch)	39	38	36	5	33	37	219
Location/Availability	Steve Morse's Site	20	22	33	7	24	34	167
Location/Availability	Census Finder	2	23	34	26	25	36	135
Location/Availability	FHL Favorites	12	21	32	28	14	33	125
Location/Availability	NARA (Link to Catalog films)	10	33	37	15	32	32	170
Location/Availability	Use Search Engines to Find Statewide Census Record	21	34	35	39	20	35	147
Location/Availability	State Achives & Libraries	14	35	38	11	30	31	178
Location/Availability	US Genweb (Links to state recs, but especially county records	11	13	31	31`	13	30	108
Location/Availability	Rootsweb	15	12	28	23	6	29	108
Location/Availability	Footnote.com	16	10	27	9	11	27	123
Location/Availability	Cyndi's List	18	20	26	18	15	28	130
Location/Availability	Check all book references in google books	17	9	9	8	12	26	106
Location/Availability	FHL Films (link to FHL Collection Entry)	10	32	10	24	4	25	98
Architecture or Style	Guidelines for footnotes and bibliography	9	42	25	1	22	42	181
Architecture or Style	Census Template for US	1	41	8	30	26	11	98
Architecture or Style	Census Template for States	23	40	7	2	41	10	160
Architecture or Style	Do One County Page example	3	8	6	37	3	9	33
Architecture or Style	Update Links (Maintenance)	8	7	5	33	21	3	52
Architecture or Style	FAQ's	4	6	4	38	2	2	21
Methodolgy	How to find the Person	24	39	23	14	36	23	159
Methodolgy	Content per census year	7	28	22	40	38	22	118
Methodolgy	How to use the information found 1790--1840 1850--present	25	27	24	2	37	21	174
Methodolgy	Abbreviations and terms in the census	19	26	21	34	19	20	112
Methodolgy	Ethnic Groups	6	5	2	35	7	4	30
Methodolgy	Periodicals (plus Eastman)	5	1	3	36	1	8	23

Related pages 

FamilySearch Wiki:Sources of Information for a United States Record Type Article

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)

National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.